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BrandNewDay

ad9898 wrote: »

You are correct DFC that all countries have immigration control, except the good old UK, just strap yourself to a truck axle, endure a bumpy ride in the channel tunnel, jump off at the other end and tell them you are going to be murdered in your country of origin. And then as if by magic, 3 bed council house and whole list of benefits come your way..

I didn't have to do all that... I just had to marry a brit, pay $500, and check "no" to questions like "Are you are terrorist?" and "Have you ever committed acts of genocide?"

The whole thing took less than a week.

BrandNewDay

pinkgirl2009 wrote: »

im sorry but i will get loans here im still in good cedit and move over there. my hubbys has a job thats needed in the states. its me who is unable to work he can aply for the green card

Are you saying that you're going to take out a bunch of loans and take the money to the US? Do you intend to pay them back?

Why do you think he can get a green card? Does he have some really rare and highly valuable skill that can't be filled by an American?

BrandNewDay

pinkgirl2009 wrote: »

i natty thanks for the reply. i know now a bit more we can move over there and live in the states for 6 months but then we will come to the uk to see family and go back. that way we dont need a green card i think

Well, you can try it, but you never know when you'll be turned away at customs. I think some people manage to buy vacation properties, but you'd better be able to prove that you have a real life - mortgage, job, family, commitments - in the UK so the border agent believes you'll be going home.

And, your husband won't legally be allowed to work in the US.

BrandNewDay

I don't know if I made this clear enough in my earlier post: You can't go to the USA without either a lot of money or someone with a lot of money willing to vouch for you. I am currently homesick and my husband and I were talking about moving to the US. I honestly don't know how we could manage to do it. We just don't have enough money for me to be his sponsor. His being my spouse and the father of American citizens does not give him the right to live in the USA. If I can't guarantee that he will never, ever need any sort of welfare, they're not going to let him in. My husband has a job and we own a home - we're not destitute or anything. We just don't have the money we'd need to move to the USA. I could go, if I wanted to leave my husband behind, but I can't bring him with me.

Am I getting through to you at all?

ad9898_3

I think this thread is a wind up.

dubsey

BrandNewDay - when did you move here? DH's best friend met an American girl on an internet chat room and married her (here). Initially they were going to live here, but the red tape for her was a nightmare, she didn't like this country at all after only a short space of time, so the intention was to return home. It took them about two years (from memory) to get out there and the amount of forms and interviews and proof of everything they wanted was amazing. He had to have medicals, a definate job lined up, proof of somewhere to live and yes - the Americans also had 'those type of questions, including the one 'do you intend to assassinate (sp) the president?'

That was nine years ago, they are still married and trying for a baby and he tells us he will never ever come back here permanently. The main downside of being there is that he is now three times the size he was when he left!

pinkshoes

pinkgirl2009 wrote: »

i natty thanks for the reply. i know now a bit more we can move over there and live in the states for 6 months but then we will come to the uk to see family and go back. that way we dont need a green card i think

No, you can't do this. As someone has already said, it will result in you being arrested and deported!

Someone who I used to work with was offered a job in the USA through a European company with a USA branch. She worked 6 months on a tourist Greencard, whilst the company tried to sort out whatever it is to allow her to stay permanently (she only got the initial work visa as it was just her, so no family to support).

It didn't happen in the first 6 months (application kept getting rejected), so she came back to UK, then went back to the USA again with another 6 months visa. Again, her permanent visa kept getting rejected (seriously, you require a LOT of money to prove you can support yourself), so after 6 months, she went home, then went back to USA again.

This time, upon scanning her passport, they arrested her, and put her in a cell, and even though she had a job with a reputable company, it counted for nothing. She spent 48 hours in the cells, with interviews inbetween, and was then deported and put on the next flight home.

Pinkgirl, can you honestly not see that it's not going to happen? You can't just BORROW money from somewhere in the UK the move to the US, as that money is not yours. They'll no doubt ask you if you have any debts...

USA is not like the UK, who let any one in!

Sammy_Girl

If the OP plans on coming and going on a tourist visa then that really isn't going to work. Currently when a UK traveller visits the US, then they travel on the visa waiver programme, fill out the green and white forms on the plane and hand them into Immigration and Customs when they arrive and this gives them 3 months access to the US, tourist only. As of 2009, the traveller must do this online prior to departing the UK. So they are going to be checked before they even leave this country. It most ceratinly is going to be flagged up each time they go for 3 months and come back again.

Also, without the correct work visa or green card they will have no Social Security number which is essential for day to day living in the US. They won't be able to work (legally), open a bank account, rent accommodation, get medical insurance...the list goes on. And they most certainly will not get any Welfare. They will constantly be looking behind their backs, as all it takes is one person knowing that they are illeagally there, reporting them to the authorities and they will be out of there as quick as a flash.

In my eyes, the US have got it spot on.

I worked in the US for 12 months in 1999/2000 and had a working student visa which enabled me to work on a placement as part of my degree. But I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get this. I imagine that it must be 1000 times harder to get anormal work visa or green card.

Please note, that I am no expert on US Immigration Control, just a keen US traveller!!

lynzpower

If the OP plans on coming and going on a tourist visa then that really isn't going to work. Currently when a UK traveller visits the US, then they travel on the visa waiver programme, fill out the green and white forms on the plane and hand them into Immigration and Customs when they arrive and this gives them 3 months access to the US, tourist only. As of 2009, the traveller must do this online prior to departing the UK. So they are going to be checked before they even leave this country. It most ceratinly is going to be flagged up each time they go for 3 months and come back again.

agreed, Ive been looking at some internships over in the states, and would view to be4 there for 6 months ish maybe more. It just doesnt seem possible at all.

teralin

I think the poster of this thread is taking the p***. Nobody can be that naive. When it comes to US immigration, naivity is no excuse.